Mammals & 1 Insect from Corcovado-Drake Bay

Malachite Butterfly
Drake Bay, Costa rica

White-faced Capuchin Monkey
Drake Bay, Costa rica

Red-tailed Squirrel
Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

White-nosed Coati
Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Agouti
Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

White-lined Bat
Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa rica

Proboscis Bat (said guide) or Gray Sac-winged Bat
Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa rica

Land Crab
Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa rica

Spotted Dolphin
Near Cañon Island, Drake Bay, Costa Rica

My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip

About Corcovado National Park (Wikipedia)  and  About Drake Bay (Wikipedia)



Dolphins & Snorkeling Today

Adult Dolphin
Drake Bay, Costa Rica

Watching Dolphins from Snorkeling Boat
Drake Bay, Costa Rica
Then Snorkeling to See Smaller Fish!
At Caño Island, Drake Bay, Costa Rica

It was another nice trip today though we got heavy rain on the way back meaning no picnic lunch on the beach. The snorkle leader decided to take us to the little town of Drake Bay to eat the fruit and sandwich makings he had, so I had them drop me off at our Aguila Inn pier on the way and had a nice chicken salad lunch out of the rain. (And no wet landing of the boat!) Tomorrow I think I will get to do the Mangrove Float Trip for a lot of birds, having found two couples here who are interested. There is a minimum of 4 required to do the tour which is led by Aguila’s guide Carlos who welcomed me with a Boa Constrictor the first day.

The internet is slow still, but I decided to take time to post 3 photos above anyway. It is hard to tell a story with just one! And yesterday’s hike into Corcovado just showed the beach. But I need to give another Aguila guide, Tony, as much attention as I did Carlos with his Boa. So here he is with his “Living Ear Ring!” On the hike he grabbed this lizard and held it up to his ear. The lizard bit it and held on for 30 seconds or longer. Weird but entertaining!

Tony’s “Living Ear Ring”
Aguila de Osa Lodge Hiking Guide
Drake Bay, Costa Ricas

About Corcovado National Park (Wikipedia)  and  About Drake Bay (Wikipedia)


And Aguila de Osa Inn

My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip

Human-Pseudo Orcas Snorkeling Encounter

In the southwest corner of Costa Rica off the coast of Osa Peninsula (Corcovado National Park) is an area for great whale-watching and dolphin-watching. But this encounter by snorkelers with the rare Pseudo Orcas (a type of dolphin sometimes calle “false killer whate”) is supposedly rare and beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6sLoTzTk5k#t=221

If I decide later to live on the coast, this southern Pacific Coast is the area I would choose, even though more isolated or maybe because it is isolated!  🙂